Open Today 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Webcams MAKE A PASS RESERVATION
Open Today 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Tickets
Beginner Environmental Leadership Program 1 Beginner Environmental Leadership Program 1

Programs for Teachers

Grade 8

Instructor-Led Program

Our engaging instructor-led programs provide focused learning opportunities where students can ask questions, collaborate and problem solve with the guidance of our Georgia Aquarium Educators.

Please see below for information and details on our Grade 8 Instructor-Led Programs:

  • 8.1 – Ocean of Energy
  • 8.2 – Advancing Atoms
  • 8.3 – Force of Nature

8.1 - Ocean of Energy

Our world is full of energy, especially in the ocean! Light, color, and heat energy are all present in the ocean, and can directly impact living organisms. Dive into the ocean to explore how different forms of energy can be transferred, conserved or behave differently in different mediums. Students will observe how waves transfer energy to ecosystems, identify how animals use light and color to their benefit, and investigate how heat energy supports life in extreme conditions.

 

Georgia Standards of Excellence

  • S8P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the law of conservation of energy to develop arguments that energy can transform from one form to another within a system.
    • d. Plan and carry out investigations on the effects of heat transfer on molecular motion as it relates to the collision of atoms (conduction), through space (radiation), or in currents in a liquid or a gas (convection)
  • S8P4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to support the claim that electromagnetic (light) waves behave differently than mechanical (sound) waves.
    • d. Develop and use a model to compare how light and sound waves are reflected, refracted, absorbed, diffracted or transmitted through various materials. (Clarification statement: Include echo and how color is seen but do not cover interference and scattering.)

Next Generation Science Standard

  • MS-PS4-2 Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.

8.2 - Advancing Atoms

Frequently changing and constantly moving, atoms make up the matter all around us. Often called the building blocks of the universe, atoms are microscopic wonders. Students will differentiate between physical and chemical changes that can occur when different substances interact. Moreover, students will demonstrate how atoms move in different states of matter and even see how a particular state of matter is not what it always seems.

 

Georgia Standards of Excellence

  • S8P1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the structure and properties of matter.
    • b. Develop and use models to describe the movement of particles in solids, liquids, gases, and plasma states when thermal energy is added or removed.
    • c. Plan and carry out investigations to compare chemical (i.e., reactivity, combustibility) and physical (i.e., density, melting point, boiling point) properties of matter.

Next Generation Science Standard

  • MS-PS1-4 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
  • MS-PS-1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.

8.3 - Force of Nature

Forces and energy are all around us and interact with the natural world in fascinating ways. What happens when we go beyond a science lab and apply these scientific phenomena to living, breathing organisms? Students will learn how animals use electric, magnetic, and gravitational forces to survive, as well as how both kinetic and potential energy are utilized by animals.

 

Georgia Standards of Excellence 

  • S8P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the law of conservation of energy to develop arguments that energy can transform from one form to another within a system.
    • b. Plan and carry out an investigation to explain the transformation between kinetic and potential energy within a system (e.g., roller coasters, pendulums, rubber bands, etc.).
  • S8P5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature.
    • a. Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e., magnetic fields, gravitational fields, and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact.

Next Generation Science Standard

  • MS-PS2-5 Investigate and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact.
  • MS-PS3-5 Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Buy Tickets